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former president george w. bush said he supported mitt romney. but he's going to keep away from the campaign. bush gave an hour-long interview with the hoover institution. he said life after the white house is awesome. he also says texas is awesome. biking across the country, it's awesome. and this presidency was, that was awesome, too. >> eight years was awesome. i was famous and i was powerful, but i have -- i have no desire for fame and power anymore. >> all right, but hold the phone. most americans do not think the bush years were awesome. cbs news just released this new poll tonight. 48% of registered voters think george w. bush should take most of the blame for the economist downturn. 33% think he's at least partially to blame. bush said he won't get involved in mitt romney's campaign. mitt romney probably thinks, that's pretty awesome. let's turn to krystal ball, host of msnbc's the cycle, susan del persio and kelly goff. thank you for coming in on this rainy night in new york city. >> awesome to be here. >> awesome. >> did any of you swim
former president george w. bush said he supported mitt romney. but he's going to keep away from the campaign. bush gave an hour-long interview with the hoover institution. he said life after the white house is awesome. he also says texas is awesome. biking across the country, it's awesome. and this presidency was, that was awesome, too. >> eight years was awesome. i was famous and i was powerful, but i have -- i have no desire for fame and power anymore. >> all right, but hold the...
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it was george w. bush. there's a real record of republican decisions and those are all decisions from tax policy to the reduction of a social safety net to foreign policy that looks precisely like the record that mitt romney wants to run on. >> are we getting close to a point where romney starts pivoting to defending bush/cheney w all of the advisers, the dick cheney thing, the float of the condoleezza rice thing, which i can't say is from the romney campaign, are they getting close to saying that the bush cheney years were good years? >> i don't think 13% approval for dick cheney -- >> that's where he was when he left office. >> we saw the bumper stickers, fairly early on in the obama administration, do you miss me yet? i think the re-sounding -- >> everybody is like, no. >> no, in fact, no. >> no, thanks for asking. >> exactly. >> melissa harris perry, thank you for being here. the new melissa harris perry show is weekends 10:00 a.m. >> the man turning out the be the strangest senator in washington is sti
it was george w. bush. there's a real record of republican decisions and those are all decisions from tax policy to the reduction of a social safety net to foreign policy that looks precisely like the record that mitt romney wants to run on. >> are we getting close to a point where romney starts pivoting to defending bush/cheney w all of the advisers, the dick cheney thing, the float of the condoleezza rice thing, which i can't say is from the romney campaign, are they getting close to...
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that was president george w. bush speaking in crawford, texas with the hoover institution. meanwhile as we mentioned, dick cheney was back in washington yesterday all while speculation flies about condoleezza rice as a potential vp choice for governor romney. let's just say bush's self-described axis of awesome is back together again. david corn, it is interesting, we have not seen much from the bushies of late. we have heard periodic peeps from jeb bush and george h.w. bush, who now seems so out of sync with the party line that they almost seem like moderate democrats. h.w. bush saying the rigidity of those pledges, the norquist pledge, is something i don't like. the circumstances change and you can't be wedded to some formula by grover norquist. it's who the hell is grover norquist, anyway, which is fighting words. >> i was expecting w. to say that. it was kind of cool, it was neat, it was massively rad being president. the interesting thing is as soon as a republican gets out of power, out of the white house, it seems that the next generation comes along and really mysti
that was president george w. bush speaking in crawford, texas with the hoover institution. meanwhile as we mentioned, dick cheney was back in washington yesterday all while speculation flies about condoleezza rice as a potential vp choice for governor romney. let's just say bush's self-described axis of awesome is back together again. david corn, it is interesting, we have not seen much from the bushies of late. we have heard periodic peeps from jeb bush and george h.w. bush, who now seems so...
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in case there's any doubt, former president george w. bush made it clear in a new interview with the hoover institution he does not miss the white house. >> i really don't want to be in the public eye anymore. eight years was awesome. and you know, i was famous and i was powerful. and but i have -- i have to desire for fame and power anymore. i don't want to undermine our president. or whoever president. and a former president can do that. >> the former president added he hopes mitt romney wins in november. and the issue of "people" magazine hitting newstands on friday contains a new interview with former new york congressman anthony weiner who resigned a year ago amid the scandal over tweeting out lewd pictures. there are also family photos of the former congressman, his wife and their 6-month-old son. asked about rumors he may be jumping back into politics, he told people i can't say absolutely that i will never run for public office again but i'm very happy in my present life and not doing anything to plan a campaign. well, rush limba
in case there's any doubt, former president george w. bush made it clear in a new interview with the hoover institution he does not miss the white house. >> i really don't want to be in the public eye anymore. eight years was awesome. and you know, i was famous and i was powerful. and but i have -- i have to desire for fame and power anymore. i don't want to undermine our president. or whoever president. and a former president can do that. >> the former president added he hopes mitt...
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this brings to mind a foreign policy pop quiz that george w. bush faced in 2000. a local tv reporter in boston started peppering him with questions about the names of foreign leaders. he flubbed it, he couldn't rather remember a few. this isn't quite the same effect but it is troublesome for somebody who travels, has been the governor and who in the moment seems to be speaking the truth of what he saw. >> joe scarborough and former governor howard dean weighed in this morning as well. here's what he said. >> what's he going to do in israel? look around and go -- >> i'm a tad bit worried about the trip to israel. >> the palestinians should have all of jerusalem and what's he going to do in poland? say hitler was right? >> this is a disastrous trip from one end to the other. do i think he'll recover? probably. but this is probably the worst trip that any presidential candidate has taken. >> robert, worst trip ever? will he recover? >> of course he will recover. let's put this in context. yes, he's running for president of the united states, it's a very important job
this brings to mind a foreign policy pop quiz that george w. bush faced in 2000. a local tv reporter in boston started peppering him with questions about the names of foreign leaders. he flubbed it, he couldn't rather remember a few. this isn't quite the same effect but it is troublesome for somebody who travels, has been the governor and who in the moment seems to be speaking the truth of what he saw. >> joe scarborough and former governor howard dean weighed in this morning as well....
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w. they may be in the recycling bin. >> it shows one thing, which is that in the business world, people don't like to reveal all their secrets and there's tons of reporting about public companies but it's all a kind of song and dance to try to conceal the truth or at least put a different spin on it. i think that's the world romney is most used to operating in and it's still true to him. i think, you know, john's column in "new york" magazine this week about why are they stumbling on this, tax returns in particular, it's such an obvious thing. they had to see it coming. why are they not prepared with this story? what are they doing? i think it's because there's a mindset. there's a mindset that is a product of 20 years in business and it's hard to just change that, even when you have to. >> let's listen to what mitt romney said regarding the wall of obfuscation. >> what has come from the president's campaign has been a series of attacks on me for my private sector work, for which i'm ver
w. they may be in the recycling bin. >> it shows one thing, which is that in the business world, people don't like to reveal all their secrets and there's tons of reporting about public companies but it's all a kind of song and dance to try to conceal the truth or at least put a different spin on it. i think that's the world romney is most used to operating in and it's still true to him. i think, you know, john's column in "new york" magazine this week about why are they...
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. >> i'm george w. bush and i approve this message. in fact, i think it is awesome. ♪ john is in the basement mixing up the medicine ♪ ♪ i'm on the pavement thinking about the government ♪ ♪ the man in the trench coat [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com tod and see for yourself. it's law that just makes sense. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can sta
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but rush was never outraged, nor should he have been, that george w. bush smoked a little weed when he was a young man, and wouldn't ever, ever answer questions about whether he used cocaine, but did admit to being an alcoholic. so smoking a little weed, maybe doing cocaine, and actually being an alcoholic are completely cool with rush, as long as it's a republican we're talking about. but barack obama smoking a little weed should be something that is used against him, should disqualify him from the presidency. rush is, of course, lying about this. rush doesn't think there's anything wrong with smoking a little weed in college. rush completely understands that choice, just as he understands much more intense relationships with illicit drugs, like his own relationship with drugs. rush limbaugh is a drug addict. a drug addict whose habit got him in trouble with the law. a drug addict whose high-priced lawyers made a deal to get him into rehab, to avoid prosecution on a drug felony that he was arrested for. rush limbaugh hates barack obama. he hates him.
but rush was never outraged, nor should he have been, that george w. bush smoked a little weed when he was a young man, and wouldn't ever, ever answer questions about whether he used cocaine, but did admit to being an alcoholic. so smoking a little weed, maybe doing cocaine, and actually being an alcoholic are completely cool with rush, as long as it's a republican we're talking about. but barack obama smoking a little weed should be something that is used against him, should disqualify him...
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reminds me it didn't work -- actually work quite well for george h. w. bush, attacking michael dukakis' jobs record in massachusetts saying he claimed there was a massachusetts miracle, it wasn't living up to -- to -- to the numbers. same things with bain capital here. if he is running as somebody who create jobs, we found real humans who lost their jobs because of decisions he made. make it so people don't trust him to build the economy and then they are given a choice for president they are toll rating and somebody who can't be trusted to reverse the trend. >> so okay, i want to pick up with something it is kind of an x factor that few people are talking about. you, dave, have in a recent post how the third party can have a major impact even with just a few votes. you cite the elections with both al gore and john mccain. talk about that and how third party candidates can swing the electoral college. >> well, if we are looking at an election where the incumbent is trying to disqualify the challenger, part of that -- people are just going to be dissatisf
reminds me it didn't work -- actually work quite well for george h. w. bush, attacking michael dukakis' jobs record in massachusetts saying he claimed there was a massachusetts miracle, it wasn't living up to -- to -- to the numbers. same things with bain capital here. if he is running as somebody who create jobs, we found real humans who lost their jobs because of decisions he made. make it so people don't trust him to build the economy and then they are given a choice for president they are...
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george w. bush had something to prove to the nation and to himself and to his father, when he evaded iraq. i mean you don't have to get too heavy into the psycho babl to see the draw and lure of war men have been drawn by. eisenhower had won world war ii, conquered, liberated europe. teddy roosevelt an interesting example. got war out of his system by charging up san juan hills. he was the ultimate war lover. he was almost crazy about it. but he got it out of his system by doing it himself. when he became president he was not -- we talked about speak softly but carry a big stick, he believed in power but he didn't rush. he was not des trait praits to rush into a war because he proved himself. >> let's talk about woodrow wilson and world war i. how did he respond to world war i? >> slowly. and moved toward engagement, involvement, in a way that was driven by a high-minded ideology that america having preserved itself and he was a conflicted southerner, that's redundant. >> yes. >> sometimes. >>
george w. bush had something to prove to the nation and to himself and to his father, when he evaded iraq. i mean you don't have to get too heavy into the psycho babl to see the draw and lure of war men have been drawn by. eisenhower had won world war ii, conquered, liberated europe. teddy roosevelt an interesting example. got war out of his system by charging up san juan hills. he was the ultimate war lover. he was almost crazy about it. but he got it out of his system by doing it himself....
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. >>> and speaking out, it turns out that former president george w. bush and form h.w. bush will both miss the convention. they both decided to skip and one cites health reasons. >>> massachusetts is being considered as the keynote speaker at the democratic convention in september. >>> and "newsday" is reporting that the rental apartment that president obama lived in while studying in columbia, new york, in 1981 is up for grabs. the president paid $360 in rent. well, the price now is $2400. yep. >>> and in a speech event someday louisiana's president hugo chavez calls the capitalist elite like mitt romney. he says deep down he's a good guy. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street will kickoff the day. the saw opens as 12,822. the s&p tumbled 13 and the nasdaq plunged 40. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei shot down 161 points while in hong kong the hang seng plummeted 587. >>> so far earning season has been much better than expected but this week reports from three big com
. >>> and speaking out, it turns out that former president george w. bush and form h.w. bush will both miss the convention. they both decided to skip and one cites health reasons. >>> massachusetts is being considered as the keynote speaker at the democratic convention in september. >>> and "newsday" is reporting that the rental apartment that president obama lived in while studying in columbia, new york, in 1981 is up for grabs. the president paid $360 in...
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. >> george w. bush has endorsed mitt romney. >> that eight years was awesome. i was famous and powerful. >> i was shocked by how quickly they made his romney endorsement into a campaign ad. >> i approve this message. >> boy, could things get any worse for mitt romney? >> let's get right to our panel. joy reed, an msnbc contributor and jonathan alter, an msnbc political analyst. good day to you both. joy, a week from today, mitt romney is in london, site of the olympics. less for the dressage, more for the fund raising. he'll be joining execs from barclays and hsbc embroiled in a money land laundering scandal. which is the candidate that hab hasn't been vetted? >> maybe what romney is trying to do is to show the conservative base he's not ashamed to be seen with hedge fund managers and other members of the 1%. this is sort of almost flaunting his 1% and it's terrible optics, but i really am starting to think that the romney strategy is we can withstand anything no matter how negative because they've hinged their strategy on they think people just want obama out.
. >> george w. bush has endorsed mitt romney. >> that eight years was awesome. i was famous and powerful. >> i was shocked by how quickly they made his romney endorsement into a campaign ad. >> i approve this message. >> boy, could things get any worse for mitt romney? >> let's get right to our panel. joy reed, an msnbc contributor and jonathan alter, an msnbc political analyst. good day to you both. joy, a week from today, mitt romney is in london, site of...
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i put this up with george w. bush who was asked after four years if he had made any mistakes and he goes, can't really think of any. i mean, he was too smart for the american people is the takeaway there. >> it fits in i think of biographical view of the president which is that, you know, he's very intelligent man in a business that requires both intelligence and intellectual kind and emotional intelligence. to defend the president is, you know, someone who would have agreed was franklin roosevelt who on september 11th, 1932 in "the new york times" magazine he said the presidency is not chiefly a job about efficiency or engineering, it's preeminently a place of moral leadership. and all great presidents have been leaders of the nation at a time when certain ideas required clarification. and so the presidents we look back on as truly transformative leaders did both. they got the policy right and articulated it. the jury is still out, though, on the president having gotten the policy right. >> joe, i actually disag
i put this up with george w. bush who was asked after four years if he had made any mistakes and he goes, can't really think of any. i mean, he was too smart for the american people is the takeaway there. >> it fits in i think of biographical view of the president which is that, you know, he's very intelligent man in a business that requires both intelligence and intellectual kind and emotional intelligence. to defend the president is, you know, someone who would have agreed was franklin...
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bush institute jim glassman, george w. bush institute out with its first book "the 4% solution" unleashing the economic growth america needs. we'll talk about that in one minute you brought a sign with you dave walker. www.10 million a minute.com. it's not the debt clock. if you add the total liabilities and unfunded promises for social security when we roll the tour, 70, 410, 400, 000, 000. the u.s. in the hole $70 trillion. the debt clock doesn't take it all in, the unfunded social security mandate, unfunded medicare mandate. >> it doesn't take it unfunded pensions, retiree health care for civilians and military, the things that governor scott walker had to deal with. the real problem at the federal, state and local level not what's on the ballot sheet, it's what's off the balance sheet. we have huge promises that need to be restructured and outdated tax system -- >> we've been talking about this for years. in 2004 after i wrote a book in 2004, actually criticizing george w. bush and democrats for not doing what they nee
bush institute jim glassman, george w. bush institute out with its first book "the 4% solution" unleashing the economic growth america needs. we'll talk about that in one minute you brought a sign with you dave walker. www.10 million a minute.com. it's not the debt clock. if you add the total liabilities and unfunded promises for social security when we roll the tour, 70, 410, 400, 000, 000. the u.s. in the hole $70 trillion. the debt clock doesn't take it all in, the unfunded social...
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george w. bush, a guy who is very likable one-on-one just doesn't like politics. and mitt romney has been showing that he doesn't have the touch. he's picked great britain, israel and poland, three countries that have three different completely different reasons to not like barack obama and to embrace mitt romney and he seemed to bungle those three trips. >> yeah, it's true, joe. i think your point is very well taken. people like politicians who seem to like what they're doing, who are having a good time, who can drag them along and say, come on, this is going to be fun, we're going to turn the country around. i think both candidates do lack that. they almost seem strained when they're out campaigning, like they're being forced to take their medicine. that's a very, very important point. second, this is august and you say will they remember these one incident, two incidents from this trip? it begins to pile up. after a while they just say, god, what's going on here? and the candidate almost becomes a caricature and i think mitt romney is not quite there yet but fa
george w. bush, a guy who is very likable one-on-one just doesn't like politics. and mitt romney has been showing that he doesn't have the touch. he's picked great britain, israel and poland, three countries that have three different completely different reasons to not like barack obama and to embrace mitt romney and he seemed to bungle those three trips. >> yeah, it's true, joe. i think your point is very well taken. people like politicians who seem to like what they're doing, who are...
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but when you look everything else, you look at the fact that her ties to the george w. bush administration, the fact that she is somewhat pro-choice, a little squishy there, would almost be a nonstarter with a lot of republicans and one of the gop leaning groups, the anti-abortion group said rice could be unacceptable to them. it did seem like a trial balloon that went over like a lead trial balloon. >> eric erickson of the red state blog tweeted that it was an absolute nonstarter, that he had checked with folks in the romney camp but it certainly got everybody dialed up overnight and we expect that mitt romney is going to be asked questions about a lot of things, including bain capital. he will be speaking to peter alexander later today in new hampshire. the president is just entering the room. it's a fired-up crowd. as we say, virginia, a big win last time around by six points which as you pointed out earlier today in first read, is exactly the amount that he won nationally by. let's listen to what the president has to say to this crowd in virginia. he will be talking
but when you look everything else, you look at the fact that her ties to the george w. bush administration, the fact that she is somewhat pro-choice, a little squishy there, would almost be a nonstarter with a lot of republicans and one of the gop leaning groups, the anti-abortion group said rice could be unacceptable to them. it did seem like a trial balloon that went over like a lead trial balloon. >> eric erickson of the red state blog tweeted that it was an absolute nonstarter, that...
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, to president clinton, to george w. bush. the united states has always played a very, very important role as a mediator in that conflict. and, again, and it totally contradicts what he said before about the obama administration not doing enough. so it just seems like this guy is incapable of making mistakes. and you hear a lot of the republicans saying, although he is getting criticized by some republicans, you hear a lot of republicans saying this doesn't matter. i think it does because americans care how they're represented abroad. >> go ahead. >> i just have to jump in about this. i think this is not a good moment for romney, and it just sort of suggest he is not ready for the world stage. but i'm not sure how much american voters care about being embarrassed on the world stage. i mean we did elect george bush twice. and he wasn't exactly, you know, a good ambassador for american culture. i mean he was kind of the typical -- in some ways i think people were proud of his being an ugly american. so i'm not sure how muc
, to president clinton, to george w. bush. the united states has always played a very, very important role as a mediator in that conflict. and, again, and it totally contradicts what he said before about the obama administration not doing enough. so it just seems like this guy is incapable of making mistakes. and you hear a lot of the republicans saying, although he is getting criticized by some republicans, you hear a lot of republicans saying this doesn't matter. i think it does because...
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>> this is going to be a close race, you know, if you look back in 2000, george w. bush narrowly won this race by 537 votes in that state and gave him the election. in 2008, barack obama won florida and that was a pivotal race for him. i think in this election, florida could be a deciding point. you know, florida, ohio, and virginia, the three states everybody's focusing on. so if they can win florida, get the senior vote, get the latino vote, get the other constituencies, they can make a win in the election in the electoral college. >> hogan, let's talk about the senior vote for a second. the president will be trying to convince seniors in florida that mitt romney's plans will end medicare as we know it. mitt romney has said he supports phasing out the current medicare system, replacing it with a voucher system, all part of ryan's plan. a new line fof attack, mitt romney ending medicare as we know it. how do you expect that message is going to resonate in florida in. >> again, it's a scare tactic democrats like to use. this is no different. florida has a lot of sen
>> this is going to be a close race, you know, if you look back in 2000, george w. bush narrowly won this race by 537 votes in that state and gave him the election. in 2008, barack obama won florida and that was a pivotal race for him. i think in this election, florida could be a deciding point. you know, florida, ohio, and virginia, the three states everybody's focusing on. so if they can win florida, get the senior vote, get the latino vote, get the other constituencies, they can make a...
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w. mark, it's no surprise that joe biden would get a better reception at the naacp than mitt romney and mitt romney did get a respectful reception. there were some boos, of course, when he talked about cutting the president's health care bill, repealing it, but he did get a standing ovation from some in the audience at the end. today, joe bidenreaandrea, it w of a speech. president obama took heat for not addressing the naacp convention. he sent vice president joe biden in instead. you also see why biden is a very effective surrogate for president obama in the campaign. he's actually able to say things probably president obama can't or doesn't do as effective of a job. when you saw joe biden tick through the accomplishments of the obama administration, the health care passage, the killing of osama bin laden, those are things that actually we haven't seen president obama make as effectively and so you end up having joe biden making those arguments for president obama today. >> and meanwhi
w. mark, it's no surprise that joe biden would get a better reception at the naacp than mitt romney and mitt romney did get a respectful reception. there were some boos, of course, when he talked about cutting the president's health care bill, repealing it, but he did get a standing ovation from some in the audience at the end. today, joe bidenreaandrea, it w of a speech. president obama took heat for not addressing the naacp convention. he sent vice president joe biden in instead. you also see...
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barack obama didn't run for president as the jeremiah wright candidate and george w. bush didn't run on his service in the national guard. but romney is a one trick pony. the only calling card he has for the presidency is his time in business." has his chief asset, that meaning governor romney, now turned into a liability? >> clearly, the liability in the last 48 hours. i disagree with my friend, david corn, because i think romney can put this behind him. my hope is at 6:00 tonight he will put it behind. his surrogates and his campaign, he can answer questions satisfactory to the american people. i think once that's done, then obama has no way to go to retread it. this narrative that obama wants is fit for them. most voters may not care about this. they want to know that whoever their next president is does have a real plan for prosperity, a real plan to return jobs and all of this other stuff is sort of a sideshow. the president has been successful in creating a big question mark about romney on this issue. all he has to do is have the question mark at the margins in
barack obama didn't run for president as the jeremiah wright candidate and george w. bush didn't run on his service in the national guard. but romney is a one trick pony. the only calling card he has for the presidency is his time in business." has his chief asset, that meaning governor romney, now turned into a liability? >> clearly, the liability in the last 48 hours. i disagree with my friend, david corn, because i think romney can put this behind him. my hope is at 6:00 tonight...
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. >> bush figured out in 2000 and 2004, i think george w. bush in 2000, would -- early in the campaign it seems to me, i remember him going to one inner city stop after another inner city stop and we were all scratching our heads why are they doing it, they weren't doing it to win votes in the inner city, they were doing it to win votes in the philadelphia suburbs. >> because in the philadelphia suburbs they like a compassionate conservative which mitt romney has proved he's not this campaign. >> has he proven that? >> those primaries, i -- i think did it. but on the theory that 90% of life is showing up, it was a good thing to go. a good thing he went. he had the opportunity to show the nonindependent voter that he wasn't going to go all wobbly. the people he's still going to protect are people like him. and he -- right there in the lion's den he said i'm not going to protect you. >> jon meacham, you talked about historical trends, we both talked about how this duopoly of parties that's been around for 150 years is sure to crack, for a lot
. >> bush figured out in 2000 and 2004, i think george w. bush in 2000, would -- early in the campaign it seems to me, i remember him going to one inner city stop after another inner city stop and we were all scratching our heads why are they doing it, they weren't doing it to win votes in the inner city, they were doing it to win votes in the philadelphia suburbs. >> because in the philadelphia suburbs they like a compassionate conservative which mitt romney has proved he's not...
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george w. bush released many years of his tax returns. john kerry also released many, many years. same with john mccain. you just don't run for president and get away with not releasing your returns. now, what i suspect, alex, he might do is he might pull something i have seen in my years as a journalist. other really rich candidates do. they don't pass out copies but they -- invite reporters to come sit in a room and look at it for three hours and can't make copies. you can't make heads or tails of anything. he might try to pull something like that. >> what's inning to me, this is a very intelligent man. released all his tax returns while being vetted by potential vp pick by john mccain many years prior. then have you these four years where he's clearly on the public stage. you would think -- even though people are suggesti ining he ha something to hide, you think he knows better. i keep going back to why aren't you just doing it? i mean, he has been on the public stage and probably had aspirations to run for the presidency four years ago. you know, i mean, he knows what he is do
george w. bush released many years of his tax returns. john kerry also released many, many years. same with john mccain. you just don't run for president and get away with not releasing your returns. now, what i suspect, alex, he might do is he might pull something i have seen in my years as a journalist. other really rich candidates do. they don't pass out copies but they -- invite reporters to come sit in a room and look at it for three hours and can't make copies. you can't make heads or...
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george w. bush released 17 years of tax returns during the course of his career. partly because of the complexity of the modern code and tax avoidance at the top, which i think is a big problem. one of the ironies here is that you're advocating a 19% rate, which would, of course, be a tax hike for mitt romney. we should be clear in 2010 he paid 13.9% effective rate and 2011 estimate. so, on that, i can get, i can, you and i can find a little sliver in the diagram of common ground, which is that mitt romney should pay more in taxes, right? >> you know, the problem with those statistics you put up, chris, you know this, that how does mitt romney make his money? he makes it through investing, through bain capital. he owns stock. you're not including the money and if you include the corporate taxes. >> in the cayman islands so they don't pay any money in taxes. that's the whole point? why do you think they put them in the cayman islands? because they want the money to go to the beach. >> look, i don't know what he's doing with this cayman island money, what i'm talkin
george w. bush released 17 years of tax returns during the course of his career. partly because of the complexity of the modern code and tax avoidance at the top, which i think is a big problem. one of the ironies here is that you're advocating a 19% rate, which would, of course, be a tax hike for mitt romney. we should be clear in 2010 he paid 13.9% effective rate and 2011 estimate. so, on that, i can get, i can, you and i can find a little sliver in the diagram of common ground, which is that...
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w. >> i'm a dealer. whatever it is, i deal with it. don't let it get me. >> reporter: those are precautions that people are taking, getting out early, staying hydrated, going inside when the heat builds. elsewhere around the country and along the east coast and mid-atlantic we are seeing severe heat playing out. parts of the midwest have been dealing with the heat wave for two weeks. we're not expecting to see relief anytime see, maybe in the next day or two as storms move in. in the meantime, health officials are warning people to stay hydrated, stay inside and take precautions. >> i cannot believe all the people still biking behind you, michelle. and the runners, too, at this time of day. i'm just -- the sweat must be pouring off of them. >> reporter: they're dog a pretty good job. aloft of people seem to be enjoying this heat so far. but they're certainly watching it and certainly tell us that they're taking some precautions as they head out. again, noon, as these temperatures head we
w. >> i'm a dealer. whatever it is, i deal with it. don't let it get me. >> reporter: those are precautions that people are taking, getting out early, staying hydrated, going inside when the heat builds. elsewhere around the country and along the east coast and mid-atlantic we are seeing severe heat playing out. parts of the midwest have been dealing with the heat wave for two weeks. we're not expecting to see relief anytime see, maybe in the next day or two as storms move in. in...
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w. it's always unbecoming after every shooting that both sides will come out and decide that now is the perfect time to have the gun control debate. and i've got to say i agree with the governor, that mental health issue and that the united states doesn't do enough in this area on mental health and it's -- but again, this is a debate. i personally believe let's have this debate in a week, let's have this debate in two weeks. when you start seeing editorials on both sides de signed to -- deciding to weigh in when people are dying, it's just unfortunate. i do want to say, that the president -- i liked seeing the president do what presidents really do best and that is comfort in a time of need, whether it was ronald reagan during the "challenger" accident, whether bill clinton after oklahoma city, george w. bush standing on the pile of rubble after 9/11, only a president can do what barack obama did and that is talk to those affected by such unspeakable tragedy and bring at least a little b
w. it's always unbecoming after every shooting that both sides will come out and decide that now is the perfect time to have the gun control debate. and i've got to say i agree with the governor, that mental health issue and that the united states doesn't do enough in this area on mental health and it's -- but again, this is a debate. i personally believe let's have this debate in a week, let's have this debate in two weeks. when you start seeing editorials on both sides de signed to --...
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., on most score cards john kerry won more in the debates than george w. bush did. he did not end up winning the election. >> debates matter but they're not everything. he is right, the debates this particular campaign season are going to be, i think, influential. people want to see these two guys, the president and mitt romney, together, talking about the issues, laying out some of their plans. mitt romney has been specific on paper but he hasn't been specificin public and speaking. j.r., i want to know, did you guys consider syria/russia on this list? >> sure. i think any sort of major national security, foreign policy event that you can't plan for or even kind of major domestic issue that you can't plan for. that can be a variety of things across the world. and here, every four years we invariably have something like that and there's no prediction what it's going to be or what the political impact is going to be. don't foet, four years ago there was that moment in august when russia invaded georgia. and that was part of the reason why biden was put on the ticket
., on most score cards john kerry won more in the debates than george w. bush did. he did not end up winning the election. >> debates matter but they're not everything. he is right, the debates this particular campaign season are going to be, i think, influential. people want to see these two guys, the president and mitt romney, together, talking about the issues, laying out some of their plans. mitt romney has been specific on paper but he hasn't been specificin public and speaking....
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"the dallas morning news" says there's a daunting challenge ahead for the george w. bush presidential center as it attempts to archive its first administration entirely from the internet era. staffers that have the job of sorting through ç200 million emails some which will be made available to the public. >> you don't think about that. >> a lot of smu grad students who can do that. >> but not only that the internet, ten years. >> "new york times" the youth movement that rallied around president obama in 2008 may not thereabout this time around. according to the "times," first file voters are less enthusiastic about getting him re-elected and more likely four years ago to i've themselves as conservative because they i've themselves as unemployed. >> the 18 to 24, the people like alex wagner, they are more conservative. 25 to 30s are more like me. >> the door in the floor will open up. >> here's one mica would have picked from the "times." soda makers are pushing back in new york. lobbyists from coca-cola and other companies are beginning an grief campaign to fight t
"the dallas morning news" says there's a daunting challenge ahead for the george w. bush presidential center as it attempts to archive its first administration entirely from the internet era. staffers that have the job of sorting through ç200 million emails some which will be made available to the public. >> you don't think about that. >> a lot of smu grad students who can do that. >> but not only that the internet, ten years. >> "new york times"...
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w. pawlenty and jindal will bracketing with him and rob portman as well, traveling to new hampshire this weekend. no word if he'll be meeting with romney. where do we stand in terms of the what's the messaging we're looking for going forward as the president goes out there and tries to make the message, put the message out there, that romney is a jobs expovertier? >> of course, the message that the obama campaign has been pushing hard from the very beginning is attacking mitt romney's record at bain capital. and as controversial as that tactic has been from both republicans and democrats, most notably corey booker and bill clinton, that's really the lane that the obama campaign is staying in. and they're sort of attacking bain capital from every angle they can find, their latest political attack ad against romney focused on bain capital investing in companies that ship jobs overseas. and that's -- i think it's a strategy that's really been working for the obama campaign. he's been able t
w. pawlenty and jindal will bracketing with him and rob portman as well, traveling to new hampshire this weekend. no word if he'll be meeting with romney. where do we stand in terms of the what's the messaging we're looking for going forward as the president goes out there and tries to make the message, put the message out there, that romney is a jobs expovertier? >> of course, the message that the obama campaign has been pushing hard from the very beginning is attacking mitt romney's...